(02-26-08 -- Oldtown development proposal) One of the city-owned properties developers are asking Salinas officials to consider to be absorbed into a redevelopment project: Salinas City Hall.

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Salinas City Council voted 4 to 3 Tuesday night to change how the city OKs liquor licenses.

Hoping to send the right message to potential restaurant operators, larger-scale retailers and other potential businesses, the council voted to abandon its so-called "one for one" policy: An applicant can't get a new state liquor license unless an existing Salinas license is surrendered. Business operators seeking such a license must still go through the same state process but will not have to wait for previously held local license to be surrendered. They must, however, still get a conditional use ...